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PATENTED JAN. 12, 1904. J. E. TOSCAN & G. J. GADY.

ICE GREBPER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21.1903.

- WITNESSES INggNTORs g /M W ATTORNEY UNITED STATES Patented January 12,1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES E. TOSCAN AND CARSON J. CADY, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK.

ICE-CREEPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,342, dated January12, 1904.

Application filed February 21, 1903. Serial No. 144,439. (No model.) i

. To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, J AMES E. TOSCAN and CARSON J. CADY, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of Jamestown, in the county ofChautauqua and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulIce-Creeper, of which the following, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to ice-creepers which are permanently attached tothe boot or shoe; and the object of our improvement is to provide asimply-constructed ice-creeper which may be attached to any height ofheel or to shoes having rubber heels and also the adaptation andarrangement of the same whereby the parts may be out from sheet-steel bymeans of suitable dies.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe-heel wlth ourcreeper attached.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of creeper with heel and sole of shoe insection at line X X in Fig.

1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the under side of the creeper. Fig. 4 showsside and edge elevations of the spring. Fig. 5 is a plan view of theunder side of the spur-plate, and Fig. 6 is a side elevation of same.Fig. 7 is a blank of the heel-plate as cut by the die.

the journal-lugs 13. Slotted lugs 14 are for the retention of the endsof a leaf-spring 15. Spring 15 has near its central portion a sidewisebend 16. The bent portion is projected, as at 17, that it may extendupward in the opening 24 between journal-lugs 13 and hold the springfrom sliding out endwise. Plate 12 has also holes 22 for attaching theplate to heel 10 by means of screws 23. Spur-plate 18 is made ofsuitable form to widely separate spurs 19. Spurs 19 are usually turnedfrom the plate. The other end of the plate is turned at a right angle,forming the square journal-head 21. A little below the squarejournal-head 21 are the journals 20, which work in journal-lugs 13, as

above stated. In forming these parts heel-plate 12 is cut out in theblank form, as shown in Fig. 7, and spur-plate 18 is struck out flat,and then a second die bends up spurs 19 and bends j ournalhead 21 in theopposite direction. Journals 20 are then placed on the fiat lugs 13,-and the lugs are bent around the journals, leaving an open space 24behind journal-head 21. One of the slotted lugs 14 is bent downward, andthe other is bent down part way to its correct position. Spring 15 isthen inserted in the slots in lugs 14, with bend 16 against journalhead21, the partial bending of one lug 14 allowing such admission. Said lugis then bent to its correct position, locking spring 15 fast, the bossor bent portion of spring 15 extendingup in opening 24, as above stated.It is now apparent that spur-plate 18 can be turned back onto heel-plate12 and find a solid bearing and be held firmly thereon or under theinstep of sole 11 and that the boss 16 of spring 15 will retain aconstant tension upon journal-head 21, thus holding the spur-plate inwhatever position it may be placed, pre venting all rattling. The twoflat sides of the journal-head give a broad bearing for the springWhether the spur-plate is turned back onto the heel or down under theinstep, thus attaining one of the main oflices of a successfulice-creeper. It is also obvious that plate 12 may be attached to anyheight of heel, high or low, Whether of rubber or leather, and thatslotted lugs 14 allow the free action of spring 15. Our simplearrangement gives a free positive-acting spring with a broad bearing onthe head of the spur-plate. Plate 12 is inset into the bottom of theheel, as shown in Fig. 2, and is not in the way of the wearer.

We claim as new In an ice-creeper, a heel-plate 12 inset into the bottomof the heel and means for attaching the same, the journal-lugs 13extending out from the edge of plate 12, the slotted lugs 14: on plate12 beside lugs 13, the spurnames to this specification in the presenceof plate 18 having journal-head 21 and journals tWo subscribingWitnesses.

2O pivotally mounted in lugs 13, a spring 15 JAMES E. TOSCAN.

bearing against head 21, and a locking pro- CARSON J. CADY. 5 jection 17on spring 15 to hold the spring in Witnesses:

lugs 13. A. W. KETTLE,

In testimony whereof We have signed our S. A. BALDWIN.

